“In The Blackout” - Ceramic Bruise Alternate Timeline video

A music video from an Alternate Timeline - The song 'In the Blackout' by Ceramic Bruise. All elements of the video created with AI tools (Midjourney for video and images, Suno for the song)

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Inspiration

For this Alternate Timeline music video I wanted to create a bit of a tribute to the feeling and aesthetic of being in my early 20's in the early 1990's. Music was changing and was such a huge part of culture at the time. A delightful mix of angst and rebellion and community.

What it does

I enjoy placing my music videos in an alternate timeline as if they exist in reality (even being played on MTV) and exploring music genres I enjoy through AI music tools.

How we built it

I started with a set of visuals created in Midjourney focused on capturing realistic photographs from a version of the early 1990's in clubs and house parties. For this project, I then animated them in Midjourney, which helped maintain some consistency in style and movement. I worked back and forth with Chat GPT to build some lyrics that were a bit of a tribute to that mood and memory of the time, then I crafted multiple prompts in Suno to get eventually something that worked. I brought this all into Adobe Premiere where I edited, added any transition effects that felt necessary and did some additional color correcting. Finally I took the exported video into Topaz Video to upscale to 4k and add any minor sharpening adjustments.

Challenges we ran into

The process was generally quite enjoyable and smooth.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I really enjoy the song and feel good about capturing a taste of my take on that time period through AI motion.

What we learned

As AI tools increase capabilities, I find it more and more compelling to create this style of output. I also feel there is a nice audience for this type of creative output in AI.

What's next for “In The Blackout” - Ceramic Bruise Alternate Timeline video

I have been building up a set of these Alternate Timeline music videos on my YouTube channel, managing to have a few get some heavy viewing.

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